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5 lip 2007 · Diamonds, a global symbol of love and wealth, have also served as hard currency for conflict in Africa. So-called “conflict diamonds” have been a concern for humanitarian advocates and a complex issue before policy makers for almost a decade.
14 kwi 2008 · The first section of the article situates conflict diamonds within the broader literature on resources and conflicts, outlines three concepts relating resources and conflicts—resource curse, resource conflicts, and conflict resources—and discusses their main geographical dimensions.
1 gru 2000 · In the late 1990s, natural resources such as oil, diamonds, and timber came under increased scrutiny by conflict analysts and media outlets for their purported role in many contemporary wars. This article discusses some of the limitations of conventional arguments linking wars and resources.
The KP’s Core Document defines conflict diamonds as rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The KP’s key mechanism for eliminating the flow of conflict diamonds is the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS).
8 lis 2002 · Conflict diamonds are forever. Poor controls in the international diamond industry - even in South Africa - are undercutting attempts to clamp down on conflict diamonds that fuel wars in Africa and, possibly, fund terrorists. By Mungo Soggot.
We carry out extensive investigations and research into the diamond supply chain, which provides important recommendations that allow us to develop improved systems to end the illicit trade of conflict diamonds.
In this article we discuss priorities for the collection of data on conflict-relevant resources and introduce a new dataset, DIADATA, that provides a comprehensive list of diamond deposits accompanied by geographic coordinates throughout the world.
